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Psalm 55:12–13

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12Now it is not an enemy who insults me—

otherwise I could bear it;

it is not a foe who rises up against me—

otherwise I could hide from him.

13But it is you, a man who is my peer,

my companion and good friend!x

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Cross references

  1. xJb 19:13,19; Ps 41:9; 88:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

But it is you, a man, my equal,

my companion, my familiar friend.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If an enemy were insulting me,

I could endure it;

if a foe were rising against me,

I could hide.

But it is you, a man like myself,

my companion, my close friend,

NLTNew Living Translation

It is not an enemy who taunts me—

I could bear that.

It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—

I could have hidden from them.

Instead, it is you—my equal,

my companion and close friend.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is not an enemy that taunts me,

or I could bear it.

It is not one who hates me that magnifies himself over me,

or I could hide myself from him.

But it is you, a man my equal,

my friend and confidant.

KJV 1900King James Version

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it was thou, a man mine equal,

My guide, and mine acquaintance.